Fond Memories Of `Rocky Horror`

PEOPLE

February 4, 1986

Actress Susan Sarandon says she is proud to have been a part of the cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show. ``That`s one of my movies that I really love,`` she says. ``For me it`s about freedom of choice: `Don`t dream it. Be it.` It seems to be an incredibly nurturing film for a lot of people who are having difficult rites of passage.``

(BU) Cyndi Lauper and her wrestling buddy Capt. Lou Albano will co-host the Ugly Bartenders contest at the Ritz in New York tonight. Proceeds go to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

(BU) Pepsi`s new commercial featuring Miami Vice star Don Johnson and ex- Eagle Glenn Frey debuts during the Feb. 25 Grammy broadcast. The song for the ad is done to the tune of Frey`s You Belong to the City.

DOWN UNDER WITH DYLAN AND PETTY

Rock legend Bob Dylan, surrounded by a wall of security men, arrived Monday in Auckland, New Zealand, for the start of his down under tour. Reporters were brushed aside and photographers had their lenses shielded as the unsmiling superstar made his way through Wellington Airport to a waiting limousine. The unexpected arrival of Stevie Nicks, of Fleetwood Mac fame, added to the chaos. She eluded the press, hidden beneath a black hat. Rocker Tom Petty accompanied Dylan, whose two-concert tour of New Zealand begins Wednesday in Wellington. Dylan and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers begin their Australian tour Feb. 10.

FERRARO FOR $17,500...SUCH A DEAL

Northeast Missouri State University in Kirksville, Mo., paid Geraldine Ferraro $17,500 to speak on campus -- almost the annual salary of an instructor with a master`s degree. ``In terms of PR for the school, we think it`s worth it,`` said University President Charles McClain. ``Eleanor Roosevelt was here in the early 1960s and people are still talking about that visit.``